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Historian of undertakers and funerals in Eighteenth Century England. Researching the trade and their goods. Visiting Research Fellow at CDAS @UniofBath

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Eight pleurants bear the effigy of Philippe Pot, seneschal of Burgundy. The monument originally stood over Philippe's grave in Cîteaux Abbey. Quite brilliantly, the pleurants' mournful expressions are visible underneath their hoods. ()

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2021-03-28

Some close detail of time and death from the sled

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2021-03-22

'Death Turned Pilot' - Death sits on the stern of a sinking lifeboat, holding up an hourglass. Below death, the oarsmen struggle and several passengers are washed overboard. A lonely tricorne hat bobs on the waves. Rowlandson. 1815 ()

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2021-03-13

Unfortunately things take a turn for the worse for Louis (dysentery) and on the following page we see him lying on his deathbed. His soul (a tiny version of him, complete with crown) is carried away by angels. Beneath the image we can see a mourner.

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2021-03-01

Saint Louis gathers the remains of crusaders in this scene from The Hours of Jeanne d'Evreux. Skulls and bones litter the ground and his assistants cover their faces to protect themselves. c.1324-28 ()

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2021-03-01

A cadaverous death strikes in this stained glass window roundel. A reminder that death does not care about status and may strike at any time. Haarlem, Netherlands. 16th cent. ()

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2021-02-26

The three living and the three dead. The bony, shroud-draped dead confront the living with a warning of what they will become. From the Prayer Book of Bonne of Luxembourg, Duchess of Normandy. 14th cent ()

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2021-02-18

One more for this evening - 'The Extinguisher' A misery old man counts his money by candlelight. Little does he know that death is about to drop a massive candle snuffer on him. William Daniell, after George Dance. 1806 ()

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2021-02-11

Death and the bride - Death offers a necklace of bones as the bride’s mother offers a robe. An hourglass stands nearby. Wenceslaus Hollar (after Hans Holbein the Younger) 1651 ()

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2021-02-09

A cheerful skull and a pear tree are featured on this glass window hanging from The panel is in a frame with two loops for hanging. The latin text 'Ad dextra ex partem pris' appears below the skull. c.1600-50.

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2021-02-07